Indian Film Festival of Ireland

Bumper less launch last night..please book ur tickets at www.eventbrite.ie..

PRESS LAUNCH fot the 15th Indian film festival of Ireland is all set to take place tomorrow at 4:00 pm@Dundrum Cinema. Jim O'Leary, the Mayor of DLrcc will grace the occasion

Friends, Last minute a fatantastic Addendum. A bio pic on the lives of our hon'rable President of India. Make sure, u book ur tickets at www.eventbrite.ie screening on 6th Oct at 11am. Venue : movies@ Dundrum Cinema

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The Cultural gala award night of the festival, on the 4th Oct. At 6pm. Please scann the QR code and the tickets from Event brite. The festival is getting hotter day by day.

Friends, well wishers and long time supporters, of the annual Indian film festival of Ireland, I am happy to announce the festival is shapping well. Now the summer madness is coming to an end, and we can feel the autumn chill in the air, the exiting 15th film festival is here to rock from 3-5 October. At the UCD cinema..schedule and ticket details will be announce soon.

IFFI had successfully created a charity partnerships with various organisations in India, and has been supporting them. Last year it was the Right Walk (www.rightwalk.org) previous year in 2022, it was Educate Girls.(www.educategirls.com) and this year no exception, the festival is proud to be associated with the Danzel Foundation of Delhi (www.Danzel foundation.org) Its founding chairperson and Ceo. Ms. Shakeba Umar, will be attending the IFFI 2024 and receiving an Award at the gala night on the 4th Oct at the Astral Hall UCD..in glamorous cultural dinner night. Tickets details will be announce soon.

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I am absolutely delighted to share the first look of my poster of the 15th IFFI. Kindly visit the website which is constantly updating...all films are Euro.10. Gala Award night is on the 4th.. at the same venue Atrium Astral Hall in the UCD.

Closing film: Living on the Edge, deglamarisation of Bollywood shall be screen on the 5th Oct. At 2:00 pm, at UCD cinema. The last show will follow the discussion. Please take a note. A must watch film directed by Opender Chanana sahab.

Mission accomplished .. another milstone in the culture of World Cinema. The first ever Iranian film festival was a HUG success.It goes to show you, if you give people a quality cinema, they appreciate.

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Dilip Kumar makes a swashbuckling appearance on the poster of Aan (1952), directed by Mehboob Khan. The epic, written by R. S. Choudhary, also featured Nimmi, Premnath, Murad and Nadira in her first lead role in cinema.  With action-packed sword-fighting scenes and sequences of Dilip Kumar taming wild stallions among other large-scale moments, the film established Mehboob Khan's command over the cinematic epic. The music of the film was composed by Naushad with lyrics by Shakeel Badayuni. 

Known as The Tragedy Queen of Hindi cinema, actor and poet Meena Kumari (1932-1972), born as Mahjabeen Bano, was an unforgettable presence on the big screen and is considered one of the tallest stars of Indian cinema. It is said that at one point in time, no top hero was willing to work opposite her, such was her standing and the power of her roles. Hailing from a poverty-stricken family, she started her film career as a child actor with films like ‘Leather Face’ (1939), ‘Pooja’ (1940), ‘Nai Roshni’ (1941), ‘Kasauti’ (1941) and ‘Garib’ (1942) and was rechristened as Baby Meena on the sets of ‘Ek Hi Bhool’ (1940). Prior to her work as a female lead, Kumari starred in many action and mythological films during the pre-Independence days, mostly playing Hindu goddesses. At the young age of 14, Baby Meena became the heroine Meena Kumari with her role in ‘Bachchon Ka Khel’ (1946) and films like ‘Duniya Ek Sarai’ (1946), ‘Piya Ghar Aaja’ (1947) and ‘Bichhade Balam’ (1948).

At 20, Kumari achieved star status with ‘Baiju Bawra’ (1952), winning her first Filmfare Award. It is this film that can be stated to have catapulted Meena Kumari into the top league. What followed were a string of successful roles in — ‘Parineeta’ (1953), ‘Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai’ (1960), ‘Kaajal’ (1965), ‘Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam’ (1962), ‘Aarti’ (1962), ‘Mere Apne’ (1971) and ‘Dil Ek Mandir’ (1963), which epitomized the traditional Indian woman. In the year 1963, Meena Kumari created history by being the only actress to have been nominated for all slots for the Filmfare Best Actress award. The films were - ‘Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam’, ‘Aarti’ and ‘Main Chup Rahungi’. In Guru Dutt’s ‘Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam’, Meena Kumari created the unforgettable tragic heroine Choti Bahu who longs for intimacy with her pleasure-seeking Zamindar husband. Her personal and professional lives melded, she was often seen as an extension of that character.

‘Pakeezah’ (1972), directed by Kamal Amrohi and considered Kumari’s swansong, had first been conceptualized back in the 1950s but got stalled several times, due to technical problems and later, due to the couple’s estrangement. Set in Lucknow at the turn of the 20th century, it revolves around a nautch-girl Sahibjaan, and her desire to love and be loved, with fantasy, poetry and nostalgia rolled into an epic scale. Suffering from liver cirrhosis, Kumari was aware that her time was limited and tried her best to complete the film, shooting even through her severe illness. The film became a big hit and enjoyed a successful run of 33 weeks, with Kumari passing away the month following the film’s release. Beyond the label of a tragedy queen, Meena Kumari found her own voice in her poetry and wrote Urdu verses under the pseudonym Naaz. The greatness of Meena Kumari will live forever through her films and poems.

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